Buoyed by the sheer excellence Little Bulb’s opera of adolescence, the doors of The Blind Tiger were swung open at 9.30pm and the Mayfest public flooded in to revel in the Tiger’s dark Parisian interior, complete with bar, lampshades, odd pictures on the walls and countless sexy corners.
The Blind Tiger’s main attraction is its tiny stage which throughout Mayfest will be used to host open-mic-esque performances. Stage set then, the first ever performance in this new space came from Arthur Duncan who regaled the packed tables with a couple of songs from a show he was in over forty years ago, the most memorable being the heartbreaking Close The Coal House Door Lad.
With a short break to set up, it was soon the turn of the amazing Little Bulb. Not content with absolutely blowing everyone’s minds with Operation Greenfield less than an hour before, this troupe of five sickeningly talented performers provided The Blind Tiger with a night of sensational sea-shanty folk numbers, each sung with the company’s characteristic warmth, humour and charm using a plethora of harmonicas, guitars, bongos, accordions, xylophones, basses, clarinets, flutes, bells, drums and mandolins.
The whole night was an unmitigated success and a riotous good time. Make sure you visit soon because who knows what other wonders The Blind Tiger has in store for us all?
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